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1994 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

The 1994 Cook County Board of Commissioners election was held on November 9, 1994. It was preceded by a primary election held on March 15, 1994. It coincided with other 1994 Cook County, Illinois, elections (including the election for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners). It saw all seventeen seats of the Cook County Board of Commissioners up for election to four-year terms.

1994 Cook County Board of Commissioners election
← 1990 November 8, 1994 1998 →
All 17 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Democratic Republican Harold Washington
Seats before 11 6 0
Seats won 11 6 0
Seat change Steady Steady Steady

This was the first for the Cook County Board of Commissioners conducted with individual districts, as previous elections had been conducted through two sets of at-large elections (one for ten seats from the city of Chicago and another for seven seats from suburban Cook County).[1]

Six of those elected were new to the Cook County Board of Commissioners.[2]

The number of commissioners that each party held remained unchanged.[3]

1st district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district

Danny K. Davis, an incumbent Democrat who had served a single term as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 1st district.[4]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Davis faced no opponents in the Democratic primary.[5][6]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Danny K. Davis (redistricted incumbent) 32,505 100
Total votes 32,505 100

Republican

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No candidates ran in the Republican Party primary.[5]

Harold Washington Party

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district Harold Washington Party primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Harold Washington Gwendolyn Stanford-Jones 362 100
Total votes 362 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 1st district election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Danny K. Davis (redistricted incumbent) 42,530
Harold Washington Gwendolyn Stanford-Jones
Total votes 100

2nd district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district

Bobbie L. Steele, an incumbent Democrat who had served two-terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 2nd district.[4]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bobbie L. Steele (redistricted incumbent) 20,954 69.78
Democratic James C. Taylor 9,075 30.22
Total votes 30,029 100

Republican

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[5]

Harold Washington Party

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district Harold Washington Party primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Harold Washington David Whitehead 272 100
Total votes 272 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bobbie L. Steele (redistricted incumbent) 41,541
Harold Washington David Whitehead
Total votes 100

3rd district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district

Jerry Butler, an incumbent Democrat who had served as a commissioner from Chicago at-large for two terms, was elected to the 3rd district.[4]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (redistricted incumbent) 44,085 100
Total votes 44,085 100

Republican

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The Republican primary was won by Clara Simms-Johnson, a child protective investigator for the Department of Children and Family Services, who ran unopposed.[4]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district Republican primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clara Simms-Johnson 1,492 100
Total votes 1,492 100

Harold Washington Party

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No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[4]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jerry "Iceman" Butler (redistricted incumbent)
Republican Clara Simms-Johnson
Total votes 100

4th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district

John Stroger, an incumbent Democrat who had served six terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 4th district.[8]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Stroger, Jr. (redistricted incumbent) 59,209 100
Total votes 59,209 100

Republican

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[4]

Harold Washington Party

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The Harold Washington Party primary was won by Bruce Crosby, a community activist.[4][9]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district Harold Washington Party primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Harold Washington Bruce Crosby 502 100
Total votes 502 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John H. Stroger, Jr. (redistricted incumbent)
Harold Washington Bruce Crosby
Total votes 100

5th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district

Deborah Sims, a Democrat, was elected to the 5th district.[10]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Deborah Sims defeated Governors State University political science professor Robert Donaldson in the Democratic primary.[6]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah Sims 22,959 63.70
Democratic Robert B. Donaldson 13,083 36.30
Total votes 36,042 100

Republican

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Lawrence Ragland, an accountant, won the Republican primary.[5][4]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Republican primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lawrence M. Ragland, Jr. 2,214 100
Total votes 2,214 100

Harold Washington Party

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 5th district Harold Washington Party primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Harold Washington Elliott M. Fourte 509 100
Total votes 509 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Deborah Sims
Republican Lawrence Ragland
Harold Washington Elliott Fourte
Total votes 100

6th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district

Barclay "Bud" Fleming, a Republican, was elected to the 6th district.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Worth Township supervisor Joan Patricia Murphy won the Democratic primary.[5][4][11] Joan Patricia Murphy had defeated state senator Richard F. Kelly in the Democratic primary.[6]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joan Patricia Murphy 10,713 56.21
Democratic Richard F. Kelly, Jr. 8,347 43.79
Total votes 19,060 100

Republican

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Barclay "Bud" Fleming, an engineer who was the village president of Lynwood, won the Republican primary, defeating lawyer Helen Elizabeth Kelly as well as lawyer and East Hazel Crest village president Thomas Brown in the Republican primary.[6][12]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Republican primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barclay "Bud" Fleming 6,373 52.55
Republican Helen Elizabeth Kelley 3,265 26.92
Republican Thomas A. Brown 7,309 20.53
Total votes 16,947 100

Harold Washington Party

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district Harold Washington Party primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Harold Washington Ronald Doyle 509 100
Total votes 509 100

General election

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The district was regarded as a potential "swing district", with both major parties seeing a potential for victory in its election.[6]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district election[citation needed]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barclay "Bud" Fleming
Democratic Joan Patricia Murphy
Total votes 100

7th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district

Joseph Mario Moreno, a Democrat, was elected to the 7th district.[13]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Mario Moreno 8,550 38.06
Democratic Diane Rincon Carli 6,604 28.62
Democratic Gary Baranowski 4,459 19.33
Democratic August Sallas 1,936 8.39
Democratic Gilbert G. Jimenez 950 4.12
Democratic Ronald J. "Jesus" Moraza 572 2.48
Total votes 23,071 100

Republican

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[5]

Harold Washington Party

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No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[5]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district election[citation needed]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Mario Moreno
Total votes 100

8th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district

Roberto Maldonado, a Democrat, was elected to the 8th district.

Primaries

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Democratic

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roberto Maldonado 10,632 44.38
Democratic Marcial L. Torres 5,938 24.79
Democratic Judith Klipowicz-Bush 2,336 9.75
Democratic Philip G. Greco 2,228 9.30
Democratic Margaret Cerda-Bradley 2,137 8.92
Democratic Randy Scott Dienethal 686 2.86
Total votes 23,957 100

Republican

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[5]

Harold Washington Party

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No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[5]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roberto Maldonado
Total votes 100

9th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district

Peter N. Silvestri, a Republican, was elected to the 9th district.

Domico had beaten five other candidates in the Democratic primary.[6]

Silvestri faced no opponents in the Republican primary.[6]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Marco Domico, who had served two terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, won the Democratic primary over seven opponents.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marco Domico (redistricted incumbent) 11,614 27.22
Democratic Joan A. Sullivan 8,928 20.92
Democratic Daniel E. (Dan) Burke 7,596 17.80
Democratic Patricia Ann Kuta 6,677 15.65
Democratic Ray Willas 3,647 8.55
Democratic Kevin J. McCarthy 3,549 8.32
Democratic John Lawson 660 1.55
Total votes 42,671 100

Republican

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Elmwood Park village president Peter N. Silvestri won the Republican primary, running unopposed.[5][2]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district Republican primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter N. Silvestri 7,827 100
Total votes 7,827 100

Harold Washington Party

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No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[5]

General election

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This district had been regarded as a "swing district", with both major parties being seen as having a chance of winning it.[4]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter N. Silvestri
Democratic Marco Domico (redistricted incumbent)
Total votes 100

10th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district

Maria Pappas, an incumbent Democrat who had served a single term as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 10th district.[4]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Pappas defeated three opponents to win the Democratic primary.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (redistricted incumbent) 24,029 61.31
Democratic Bill O'Donaghue 8,922 22.76
Democratic James Patton 4,367 11.14
Democratic Peter Miller 1,875 4.78
Total votes 39,193 100

Republican

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Republican Party nominee John McNeal, an attorney and 48th Ward Republican committeeman, won the Republican primary, running unopposed.[5][4]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Republican primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John E. McNeal 2,868 100
Total votes 2,868 100

Harold Washington Party

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district Harold Washington Party primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Harold Washington Willie D. Adams 146 100
Total votes 146 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Pappas (redistricted incumbent)
Republican John E. McNeal
Harold Washington Willie D. Adams
Total votes 100

11th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district

John P. Daley, an incumbent Democrat that had been appointed a commissioner from Chicago at-large in 1992, was elected to the 11th district.

Primaries

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Democratic

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John P. Daley defeated communications consultant Dennis Baker in the Democratic primary.[5][6]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John P. Daley (redistricted incumbent) 56,083 85.26
Democratic Dennis Baker 9,694 14.74
Total votes 65,777 100

Republican

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[5]

Harold Washington Party

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No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[5]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John P. Daley (redistricted incumbent)
Total votes 100

12th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district

Ted Lechowicz, an incumbent Democrat who had served two terms as a commissioner from Chicago at-large, was elected to the 12th district.[14]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Ted Lechowicz defeated two opponents in the Democratic primary.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thaddeus "Ted" Lechowicz (redistricted incumbent) 28,625 71.53
Democratic Richard T. Bradley 7,311 18.27
Democratic Amie Antero Parisi 4,083 10.20
Total votes 40,019 100

Republican

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No candidates ran in the Republican primary.[5]

Harold Washington Party

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No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[5]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thaddeus "Ted" Lechowicz (redistricted incumbent)
Total votes 100

13th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district

Calvin Sutker, a Democrat, was elected to the 13th district.[4][15]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Former state representative Calvin Sutker defeated two opponents in the Democratic primary.

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Calvin R. Sutker 16,692 51.95
Democratic Jeff Smith 9,875 30.73
Democratic Vera Tikva Paktor 5,565 17.32
Total votes 32,132 100

Republican

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Lourdes Gagui Mon, an educator, won Republican primary.[5][4][15]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district Republican primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lourdes Gagui Mon 6,070 100
Total votes 6,070 100

Harold Washington Party

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No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[5]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Calvin R. Sutker
Republican Lourdes Gagui Mon
Total votes 100

14th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district

Richard Siebel, an incumbent Republican who had served several terms as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large, was elected to the 14th district. He defeated Democratic nominee Kelly Ann Sheehan.[4]

In the Republican primary, Siebel defeated Palatine village president Rita Mullins.[6]

Primaries

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Democratic

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No candidates ran in the Democratic primary.[5] The Democratic Party ultimately nominated Kelly Ann Sheehan.[16]

Republican

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district Republican primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard A. Siebel (redistricted incumbent) 11,258 56.34
Republican Rita L. Mullins 8,723 43.66
Total votes 14,992 100

Harold Washington Party

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No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[5]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard A. Siebel (redistricted incumbent) 49,280 66.08
Democratic Kelly Ann Sheehan 25,302 33.93
Total votes 74,582 100

15th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district

Carl Hansen, an incumbent Republican who had served five terms as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large, was elected to the 15th district.[17]

Primaries

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Democratic

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No candidates ran in the Democratic primary.[5]

Republican

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district Republican primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carl R. Hansen (redistricted incumbent) 10,153 67.72
Republican Kenneth D. Dubinski 4,839 32.28
Total votes 14,992 100

Harold Washington Party

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No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[5]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carl R. Hansen (redistricted incumbent)
Total votes 100

16th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district

Allan C. Carr, an incumbent Republican who had served as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large.[4]

Primaries

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Democratic

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Attorney Tony Peraica won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.[5][4]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anthony J. Peraica 11,935 100
Total votes 11,935 100

Republican

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district Republican primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Allan C. Carr (redistricted incumbent) 15,839 100
Total votes 15,839 100

Harold Washington Party

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No candidates ran in the Harold Washington Party primary.[5]

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 16th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Allan C. Carr (redistricted incumbent)
Democratic Anthony J. Peraica
Total votes 100

17th district

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See also: Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district

Herb Schumann, an incumbent Republican who had served two terms as a commissioner from suburban Cook County at-large, was elected to the 17th district.[18]

Primaries

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Democratic

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William Hurley, an insurance agent, won the Democratic primary, running unopposed.[5][4]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Democratic primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William M. Hurley 5,057 100
Total votes 5,057 100

Republican

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Herb Schumann defeated lawyer Teressa Nuccio in the Republican primary.[5][6]

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district Republican primary[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. (redistricted incumbent) 9,069 65.53
Republican Teresa Nuccio 4,770 34.47
Total votes 13,839 100

General election

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Herbert T. Schumann, Jr. (redistricted incumbent) 54,502 65.85
Democratic William M. Hurley 28,267 34.15
Total votes 82,769 100

References

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  2. ^ a b Geroulis, Dean (25 November 1994). "NEW COMMISSIONER TO REMAIN ELMWOOD PARK MAYOR". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b Fegelman, Andrew (10 November 1994). "STROGER'S WIN BUILT ON VOTER, PARTY UNITY". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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  7. ^ a b c d "Cook County offices". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 10 Nov 1994. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  8. ^ "African Americans and the Vote: Firsts in Cook County Leadership | CookCountyIL.gov". www.cookcountyil.gov. Cook County Government. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  9. ^ "3 CANDIDATES BACK HEALTH VOUCHERS". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. 17 February 1994. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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  12. ^ Ziemba, Stanleyriter; Neumann, Janice (1 November 2001). "County Board contest big draw". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  13. ^ Schmadeke, Steve (19 February 2014). "Ex-commissioner gets 11 years: 'I stand before you a disgraced man'". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Ex-Cook Commissioner 'Ted' Lechowicz dies". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. 5 January 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Sutker, Mon determined in County Board race". Skokie Review. 20 October 1994.
  16. ^ "Cook". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 17 Oct 1994. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  17. ^ Pohl, Kimberly (3 February 2010). "Longtime Cook Co. Board member Carl Hansen dies -- Daily Herald". prev.dailyherald.com. Daily Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  18. ^ "HERBERT T. SCHUMANN SR". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. 21 November 1990. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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